{"id":7680,"date":"2026-02-24T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/iran-approves-free-trade-zone-afghanistan-china\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:45:17","slug":"iran-approves-free-trade-zone-afghanistan-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/iran-approves-free-trade-zone-afghanistan-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Approves Plan for International Free Trade Zone with Afghanistan and China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of Economic and Financial Affairs of South Khorasan, Iran, announced that Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, has approved a plan to establish an international free trade zone between Iran, Afghanistan, and China.<\/p>\n<p>Morteza Zakarian told reporters that creating this joint commercial and industrial zone could increase export and import capacities among the three countries and pave the way for expanded economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the launch of such an area will not only develop trade exchanges but also create more job opportunities for residents of border regions and provide a foundation for technology transfer and strengthening economic infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Zakarian, referring to the area, population, production capacities, and economic status of Iran, Afghanistan, and China, stated that these three countries possess the necessary capabilities to establish a strong international free trade zone. Typically, free trade zones are set up to reduce customs barriers and facilitate joint investment among countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran approves plan to create an international free trade zone with Afghanistan and China to boost trade and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}